The Tao appears as emptiness, with unreplenished hands, And in its vast profundity ‘tis like the sire of all, It smoothes the angles in our path, unravels twisted strands, Softens the glaring light, and fills the clouds of dust that fall. How pure and still the Tao is! as ifContinue Reading
I felt like having some conversation, so I drove into town (which town is often referred to in the southern part of the state as “four square miles surrounded by reality”), and visited some friends at the local bakery. We talked about growing tomatoes and marijuana, about Veterans and smallContinue Reading
Morally Injured, as Charged. There is a reason why so many whites react with anger and denial toward Black Lives Matter: it is because of “moral injury.” Moral injury refers an individual’s moral conscience when an act he or she has done or witnessed transgresses his or her deepest values.Continue Reading
There is a concept called “moral injury,” which provides a good sense for understanding the unrest we feel in America today. Moral injury is often used with regard to the mental health of military veterans who have witnessed or perpetrated an act in combat that transgressed their deeply held moralContinue Reading
Most science, as it is often practiced today, tries to control nature. But for all science’s success, the world is becoming too toxic, human violence remains undiminished, and we are less content than most plants and animals. We may be living longer, but hardly better. This is what comes of ourContinue Reading